Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 227

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    UK launch for Italian wines

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is listing one of three prosecco sparkling wines from Italy that are being launched in the UK by Intercontinental Brands (ICB). Bella Veroni Vino Frizzante comes in a blue bottle with a traditional prosecco cork and cord closure and is selling...

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    First free-from fruit on supermarket shelves

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The UK's first entirely pesticide-free strawberries and raspberries went on sale last week in Tesco.Good Natured Fruit, which has taken four years to develop, is the first free-from brand in the produce sector, according to supplier...

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    Tesco meets NBA's labelling demands

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The National Beef Association is claiming victory over Tesco in the row about separating retail beef displays according to the meat's country of origin.The dispute has been smouldering for months, after the NBA said it was considering a...

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    Clubcard's Gleason to join Nectar card group

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Nectar has enlisted the help of a Tesco Clubcard specialist to help it better exploit its data.Peter Gleason, former managing director of retail media at Dunnhumby - the customer insight specialist behind Tesco's Clubcard data analysis...

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    Browett takes over the hot seat at DSG

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Tesco operations and IT development director John Browett is to become the new group chief executive of electronics giant DSG International, which owns Currys and PC World.Browett left his job at Tesco last week and is currently...

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    britain's favourite supermarket Tesco: Dominates in range, service and stock

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    For the second year running, Tesco has taken the shoppers' votes for Britain's favourite supermarket. In a repeat of last year's result Tesco pipped Asda and Sainsbury's. And although its nearest rivals have closed the gap slightly, they...

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    Tesco first for rhubarb beer

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Greene King is to roll out a beer flavoured with rhubarb when an exclusive listing with Tesco runs out.Ruddles Rhubarb saw off competition from 63 other brews at the recent Tesco Beer Challenge to win an exclusive summer listing with the...

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    allan Leighton on...

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Sir Terry Leahy CEO, Tesco Terry came in as one of the first professional marketers in retail. He is incredibly effective - the measure of that effectiveness is the performance of the company. When he presents, he presents in a...

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    multiples

    2007-06-09T00:00:00Z

    no change 1Sir Terry Leahy CEO TeSCONo surprises here. Sir Terry's star has shown no sign of waning.see right ??? No change 2Justin King chief executive Sainsbury'sThe failure of the attempted...

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    top retailer Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco

    2007-06-09T00:00:00Z

    You'd have thought things couldn't get any better for Sir Terry Leahy. After all his company takes one in every eight pounds spent by Britons. But the Tesco boss could net a £11.5m windfall if he manages to pull off the launch of the retailer's...

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    Thorntons boosted by Tesco expertise

    2007-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Former Tesco director Peter Wright has been hired as marketing director of chocolate specialist Thorntons.He will take up his appointment by August 13, replacing Philip Douty, who left the company in November.Wright spent eight...

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    Tesco gives... and then it takes away

    2007-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Critics say Tesco is giving to dairy farmers with one hand and taking away with the other after the retailer struck a tough deal with cheese suppliers. Farmers' leaders said they were disappointed not to see a bigger increase in the...

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    Tesco reveals plan to revamp 200 more One Stop c-stores

    2007-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has thrown its full support behind its One Stop c-store chain, revealing plans to refurbish 40% of the estate and halve the number of stores set to convert to the Tesco Express format this year.One Stop chief executive David Turner...

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    Tesco to buy Dobbies Garden Centres

    2007-06-08T08:49:00Z

    Tesco has agreed a £155million cash offer for Dobbies Garden Centres.Dobbies has 21 stores and is Britain's largest independent chain, producing profits of more than £2.5m over the past six months. The £15 per share offer represented...

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    Tesco's Wine Club Fairs are extended

    2007-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is expanding its Wine Club Fair programme this September to include a new event in Scotland and a larger event in Manchester.The retailer is hoping to attract a record 8,000 of its customers to the four events, which also include...

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    Tesco looks to Orkney and Shetland

    2007-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is targeting one of the last remaining postcode areas in the UK without one of its stores. The supermarket is looking at prospective sites in Orkney and Shetland, which, along with the Outer Hebrides and Harrogate, are the only...

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    Tesco reaches out to new US shoppers with first ever blog

    2007-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has become the first of the big four supermarkets to turn to blogging in a bid to win over potential customers across the pond. Marketing director for the US operation Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Simon Uwins has launched his...

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    Guide to young street speak is so good it's bad

    2007-06-04T00:00:00Z

    "Hey homeboy, this rocket and watercress salad is safe blood, you get me?" Mrs Bogof said to me the other day in the salad aisles of Tesco. While my wife has been known to get down with the kids (her high score on Grand Theft Auto is...

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    Asda stock control rapped as retailer lands in court again

    2007-06-04T00:00:00Z


    Repeated selling of out-of-date food has landed Asda in hot water in Wales, with Trading Standards claiming the supermarket’s stock control procedures are not working.

    Asda was in court in Abergavenny in the same week that Tesco and…

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    More action looms as strike fails to resolve depot dispute

    2007-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Tesco was bracing itself for further strike action as The Grocer went to press. Drivers are due to stage a 24-hour strike at Tesco's Livingston depot in Scotland on Tuesday little more than a week after the T&G's last three-day strike....